US EditionMinnesota Gov. Walz unveils new fraud prevention program, tapping former BCA leader as director
Tim O'Malley, a former FBI agent and BCA superintendent, will lead Minnesota's new statewide fraud prevention program partnering with WayPoint to protect taxpayer dollars.
- On Dec. 12, 2025, Walz announced Tim O'Malley as Director of Program Integrity at a St. Paul event, joined by Evans and Gandhi.
- The initiative responds to massive pandemic-era scams such as Feeding Our Future, with U.S. Department of Justice figures showing about $822 million in fraud, including $300 million from Feeding Our Future and nearly $220 million in autism-program concerns.
- The state is partnering with WayPoint, Inc., a Minnesota-based forensic accounting firm, to develop a fraud-prevention program, with the Bureau of Criminal Apprehension signing a $200,000 contract and DHS pursuing 1,300 open inspector general cases.
- Niska said `Adding another political appointee who reports directly to Governor Walz won't fix the fraud problem` and Walz admitted `Of course we always wish we would have known more sooner,` while Demuth called the move 'desperate.'
- O'Malley will start in January and the state is volunteering information to the U.S. Attorney's Office for Minnesota, while Governor Tim Walz said the effort builds on prior work to strengthen program integrity across state agencies.
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Minnesota Gov. Walz unveils new statewide fraud prevention program
(CBS, KYMA) - Gov. Tim Walz (D-Minn.) unveiled a new statewide fraud prevention program Friday in the state's latest effort to crack down in the wake of the Feeding Our Future scandal. Governor Walz named Tim O'Malley as the new director of program integrity. O'Malley is a former superintendent of the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension, appointed by former Gov. Tim Pawlenty (R-Minn.), and was previously appointed by Walz as a chief judge …
Minnesota Gov. Walz unveils new fraud prevention program, tapping former BCA leader as director
Democratic Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz on Friday unveiled a new statewide fraud prevention program in the state's latest effort to crack down in the wake of the Feeding Our Future scandal — a scheme that siphoned away $250 million in taxpayer funds meant for hungry children.
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Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz on Friday named Tim O’Malley the state’s director of program integrity, tapping the judge and former superintendent of the Bureau of Criminal Apprehension to root out fraud in government. O’Malley, who also worked as an FBI agent and spearheaded reforms in the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis, will be involved across agencies to oversee that taxpayer funds are not misappropriated. Walz also announced a partnership …
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